To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.trainsOpen lugnet.trains in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Trains / 29411
29410  |  29412
Subject: 
Re: Need Electrical Help
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:32:09 GMT
Viewed: 
16757 times
  
Dean Earley wrote:
> L. Andrew Reynolds wrote:
> > I am trying to setup some LED lights to run from the 9v track or a 9v
> > battery
> > pack for some train signals. I have 1.5v lights and the track is 9v
> > (obviously)
> > how can I step down the voltage. Any help would be great.
> 
> Ideally, we'd need to know the current for the light you want to run.
> Even then,I can't remember the exact formula, but this page should help:
> http://www.hebeiltd.com.cn/?p=zz.led.resistor.calculator

After racking my memory and a bit of playing:

dropdown resistance = (supply voltage - required voltage) / required
current (in Amps)

--
Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)

irc:    irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web:    http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone:  +44 (0)780 8369596



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Need Electrical Help
 
(...) Ideally, we'd need to know the current for the light you want to run. Even then,I can't remember the exact formula, but this page should help: (URL) :) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)

17 Messages in This Thread:






Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR